(July 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Well since in the game civilization you get points for
1 empire size, easily won by Britain,
Mongol empire was larger, as was and still is Russia, unless you include the wet stuff the Britainnia alledgedly ruled.
(July 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: even larger than the roman empire, ,
One in four human beings on the planet heiled Caesar. The largest fraction ever to sing god save the queen (ha) was?
(July 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Technological adances.
England. The electric motor, the telephone, military tank,, world wide web, sewage system, the industrial revolution, the london exchange (actually a wonder in the game civilization) the jet engine, penicillin, the periodic table, the submarine, television, the world wide web, the english language.
I heard Britain ialso nvented air, water, fire, and earth too. In fact, before the Britain started inventing everything, even britain didn't exist.
But Romans invented latin and named the island "Britain", does that count?
(July 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: I don't know of any Egyptian inventions as important/world changing as any of these, thinking about it realistically .
The Egyptians invented sails, without which the British could row to India. The Egyptian invented the ox drawn plough, without which the british would scratch out a living with digging sticks, the Egyptians invented paper, parchement, and ink, without which Magna Carta would have been scratched into clay tablets.
(July 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: I can't think that Egypts empire came remotely close to ever being this powerful.
They were powerful enough to still be a leading civilization in the hotbed of world's civilizations 2000 years after they built pyramids. 500 years after Britain first acquired a navy, she is about to be disappear into oblivion.